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Hennessy's Index: Gone Fishin'
Hennessy's Index is a monthly listing of numbers, written by the CCPA's Trish Hennessy, about Canada and its place in the world. This August,...
July 29, 2011 | National Office
North America's Income Gap: A Recipe for Revolt
The Toronto Star's David Olive has been writing about income inequality for years, but has begun to wonder if it will be the source of an uprising in North America within his lifetime. He warns: "...
July 27, 2011 | National Office
You Oughta Know: Canada's Income Gap, the Richest 20% vs the Poorest 20%
The income gap between the rich and the rest of us has worsened over the past generation. In 2009, during the dark days of Canada's recession, the richest 20% of Canadians took home a whopping 44....
July 18, 2011 | National Office
Conference Board Weighs in on the Growing Gap
The Conference Board of Canada has released a report tracking 33 years of worsening income inequality in Canada. ...
July 13, 2011 | National Office
Video Debate Series: Role of Manufacturing in the Canadian Economy
In this four-part short video series at the Globe and Mail, CCPA's own senior economist Armine Yalnizyan faces off with Mike Moffatt, an economist, consultant and lecturer in the Business,...
July 13, 2011 | National Office
Hennessy's Index: Canada vs. the OECD
Hennessy's Index is a monthly listing of numbers, written by the CCPA's Trish Hennessy, about Canada and its place in the world....
July 11, 2011 | National Office
The Internet Tree - New CCPA Book on Telecom Policy in Canada
In The Internet Tree, committed public interest advocates and academics present primers on provocative digital...
June 29, 2011 | National Office
Cashing in: Canada’s CEO salary surge
Maclean's magazine focuses on Canada's highest paid 50 CEOs and finds their take-home pay increases to be "astronomical". Macleans writes: "In the past 12 years, there’s been a 444 per cent salary...
June 27, 2011 | National Office
Where the millionaires live
The Globe and Mail created an interesting infographic that breaks down millionaires by where they live in the world. It shows Canada as home to 282,000 millionaires....
June 27, 2011 | National Office
Work in an Age of Austerity
As Canada continues on the path of economic recovery following the worldwide recession of 2008, workers find themselves under attack -- and the attack is coming from many directions. We've put...
June 24, 2011 | National Office
Implications of the Canada-EU CETA for municipal governments
In ongoing Canada-EU trade negotiations, the European Commission is seeking full coverage of sub-national (provincial and municipal) procurement.  In Canada, as in Europe, many important...
June 16, 2011 | National Office
Federal budget commentary and analysis
Yesterday on our blog, Behind the Numbers, Alternative Federal Budget Coordinator David Macdonald drew back the curtain on Federal Budget...
June 6, 2011 | National Office
Rising CEO Pay: Could it fuel social unrest?
BNN (Business News Network) has taken on the thorny topic of soaring CEO pay in Canada. Two former CEOs joined CCPA Senior Economist Armine Yalnizyan for a discussion about CEO pay and came...
June 1, 2011 | National Office
What to expect in Monday's federal budget
Despite the government’s stay-the-course rhetoric, the upcoming federal budget will lay the foundation for one of the most aggressive assaults on public service delivery in Canadian history....
June 1, 2011 | National Office
CEO Pay Soared in 2010
Did your pay go up by 13% last year? If you were a CEO at one of Canada's 100 biggest companies, it did. The Globe and Mail review of executive pay in 2010 reveals CEOs at Canada’s 100...
May 30, 2011 | National Office
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